Gimmick Puppet

Gimmick Puppet
Gimmick Puppet - Bomb Egg (left) and Gimmick Puppet - Necro Doll (right) Gimmick Puppet - Bomb Egg (left) and Gimmick Puppet - Necro Doll (right)
Japanese	ギミック・パペット Gimmikku Papetto (romanized)
German	Trick-Puppe
Spanish	Marioneta Trucada
Sets V Jump Magazine Promotional Cards Numbers Guide Promotional Card The Valuable Book Promotional Cards: Series 15
Anime appearances
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
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"Gimmick Puppet" (ギミック・パペット Gimmikku Papetto) is an archetype of mechanical toy-like monsters that are used by IV in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. They are a sub-archetype of the "Puppet" archetype. The monsters and associated cards seem to be geared toward Summoning their ace monsters, "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Killer", "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet Heaven's String, and "Number 88: Gimmick Puppet - Destiny Leo".

So far, the only monsters released from this archetype are the "Numbers".

"Gimmick Puppet" monsters don't have high ATK (except "Gimmick Puppet - Bomb Egg"), but have effects ranging from stalling, swarming and Summoning monsters to the opponent's side of the field. Their main strategy seems to be taking advantage of the opponent's monsters with high ATK to deal Effect Damage with their ace monsters, "Number 40: Gimmick Puppet Heaven's String" and "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Killer". The new ace of the archetype, "Number 88: Gimmick Puppet - Destiny Leo offers a new type of winning strategy, with its own instant-win effect. "Gimmick Puppet" monsters tend to be high Leveled and can often Special Summon themselves, enabling the Xyz Summon of the Rank 8 "Numbers" that part of the archetype.